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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold current estimates on the number
of World War Two era mines that remain un-disposed of in the Tobruk and El-Alamein
regions. The package of UK support to Libya announced in August 2017 includes £1 million
this year to fund demining training and education across the country and increase
the capacity of Libyan authorities to deal with explosive hazards. The UK has supported
demining in Egypt since 2006 through multilateral funding along with other donors
including Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the US. The projects have funded clearance
of 130,446 acres of land around El Alamein, provision of artificial limbs for 479
land mine victims, and three mine risk education campaigns benefiting 160,000 individuals.
The UK has previously provided maps of minefield locations to the Egyptian authorities.</p>
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